stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
a few seconds; several seconds
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss; to loiter; to hang around; to wander around
either way; in any case; one way or another
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
genuine article; real thing; real deal
plump; with a thud; heavily
so near, yet so far; ploughing the field and forgetting the seed; (lit.) making a Buddha statue but not putting a soul in it
lack of sleep; sleep deprivation
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
file (for holding papers)
in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
to be very clear; to be keenly cold; to be cold and clear
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
(not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
unpunctuated Chinese texts
breaks and pauses (in a sentence); punctuation; way of reading (esp. kanbun)
kana written after a kanji to complete the full (usually kun) reading of the word; declensional kana ending
half-open; partly open; semicivilized; semicivilised
pleasantly (warm); faintly; lightly; suddenly; unexpectedly; accidentally